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The Confederate flag flew over a country that was established for the purpose of perpetuating slavery. It existed for four years, all four years of which were spent doing one thing: fighting a war to protect slavery. The fucking flag is synonymous with the enslavement of black people in the U.S. It doesn't mean anything else because there's nothing else there for it to mean. There is no conceivable thing it could represent other than that, much like the Nazi flag, and if you're flying it and you're not aware of that, you're a goddamn gibbering retard, and if you're flying it and you are aware of that, you're a fucking racist asshole.

To you. And most people educated in the north.

To them Not so much. I know black southerners who fly that flag. It does mean something else to them.

That means that they're ignorant to what it means. What's so difficult about this?

Read my earlier post about education and upbringing and see why calling them ignorant is incorrect.

Calling them ignorant is correct. Calling them uneducated may not be.

"Despite all the bitching, if Diablo 3 sucks, I will eat my own cock. Counter-claim: If Diablo 3 does not suck, I will have a list of whiners who need to eat cocks." - Zen Vulgarity

So you still swear allegiance to the Queen? Since, you know, the US broke from England "illegally" and declared its independence from its ruling country.

America is a land of traitors and invaders. Doesn't make further treason and invasion right.

"So did you!" is not valid.

also, as mentioned, we had no representation. and had signed on to no 'constitution' saying we would be part of the british empire and subject to its rule. Whereas the south was in a different situation.

True, but disparaging a country that attempted to found itself on the same principles as the country it was breaking from is also not right, it's hypocrisy.

I don't know why people who defend the Confederacy are seen as racist assholes at all!

Also being a failure tends to inform later perspective on a rebellion. Western Massachusetts is not a politically independent unit just because of Shays Rebellion, Pennsylvania doesn't have its own little free Whiskey principality in the middle of it and there isn't a sovereign Aryan Nation city-state at Ruby Ridge.

The Confederate flag flew over a country that was established for the purpose of perpetuating slavery. It existed for four years, all four years of which were spent doing one thing: fighting a war to protect slavery. The fucking flag is synonymous with the enslavement of black people in the U.S. It doesn't mean anything else because there's nothing else there for it to mean. There is no conceivable thing it could represent other than that, much like the Nazi flag, and if you're flying it and you're not aware of that, you're a goddamn gibbering retard, and if you're flying it and you are aware of that, you're a fucking racist asshole.

To you. And most people educated in the north.

To them Not so much. I know black southerners who fly that flag. It does mean something else to them.

That means that they're ignorant to what it means. What's so difficult about this?

Read my earlier post about education and upbringing and see why calling them ignorant is incorrect.

Bullshit. I've lived in Georgia for most of my life. Ignorance, no matter why, is not a fucking excuse.

I am not saying it is an excuse I am saying they don't view it as racist or inflammatory. Just because their view differs from yours is a free pass to call them ignorant.

While I do agree it is racist i am sort of playing devils advocate here.

Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner–stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.

Stop trying to equate the American Revolution with southern secession. The American colonists had no representation in parliament but paid taxes, meaning they had all the responsibilities of British citizenship but none of the benefits. The southern states, however, were extremely influential in Congress. The moment their relative power began to shift, however, they flipped the fuck out. The Civil War was not a case of the southerners' rights being violated; it was the South taking their ball and going home. And then attacking federal soldiers.

I am not saying it is an excuse I am saying they don't view it as racist or inflammatory. Just because their view differs from yours is a free pass to call them ignorant.

While I do agree it is racist i am sort of playing devils advocate here.

It's so annoying when people do that because nobody can ever do it well. Here's how it works: they're ignorant to what the flag means. Period. It's a fact. It has nothing to do with opinions or beliefs. That flag stands for slavery and treason. If they fly it without realizing that it doesn't mean they're suddenly allowed to get away with it.

Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerâ€“stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery â€” subordination to the superior race â€” is his natural and normal condition.

Uh, actually, yes, exactly. It was seen as the north saying "you will now abide by our rules with no say in the matter, no matter how it will affect you."

There is this cool thing called the marketplace of ideas which people in democracies are expected to compete in.

And for all of history when people saw themselves as not being represented by, or being actively repressed by, their leaders, they revolted. This isn't a new concept.

If only this were what was going on. You act as if southern Senators and Representatives were booted out of Congress just prior to secession. It wasn't about the people not having representation, it was about the southern states knowing that, despite their representation, they were going to lose the legislative battle over slavery eventually. Rather than adapt and live up to their agreement as members of the United States, they chose instead to abandon legal means and turn traitor to the United States.

I don't think you can win an argument that the south didn't fight the war over slavery.

Or that the confederate flag is not a symbol of endorsing slavery.

Where I think you can win. Is that that symbol has evolved into simply being anti government and anti liberal northern thinking. And in some people's eyes no longer has a racist connotation. EVEN if other people think it does. I know for a fact all the people that fly that flag are not racists.

I believe Matt Has more than one problem, unless racism, ignorance, complete lack of reflection and being a moron fall under a single category of being a "terrible person." Honestly, defending the Confederacy because the white people were being oppressed?

Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner–stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.

I am not saying it is an excuse I am saying they don't view it as racist or inflammatory. Just because their view differs from yours is a free pass to call them ignorant.

While I do agree it is racist i am sort of playing devils advocate here.

It's so annoying when people do that because nobody can ever do it well. Here's how it works: they're ignorant to what the flag means. Period. It's a fact. It has nothing to do with opinions or beliefs. That flag stands for slavery and treason. If they fly it without realizing that it doesn't mean they're suddenly allowed to get away with it.

What if they view its meaning differently. The swastika used to mean something else. Does its use in a bad act forever end its use as something else?

Maybe it does. I don't have a swastika or the stars and bars on my car. And generally think anyone that does is a douche. But I have met so many people that do have the stars and bars that there has got to be a reason they still use it.

I don't think you can win an argument that the south didn't fight the war over slavery.

Or that the confederate flag is not a symbol of endorsing slavery.

Where I think you can win. Is that that symbol has evolved into simply being anti government and anti liberal northern thinking. And in some people's eyes no longer has a racist connotation. EVEN if other people think it does. I know for a fact all the people that fly that flag are not racists.

Even if some of them are.

Anti-liberal Northern thinking? Now I've got even more reason to go around stabbing these people in the eye with a fire poker.

Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its cornerâ€“stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery â€” subordination to the superior race â€” is his natural and normal condition.

What if they view its meaning differently. The swastika used to mean something else. Does its use in a bad act forever end its use as something else?

Maybe it does. I don't have a swastika or the stars and bars on my car. And generally think anyone that does is a douche. But I have met so many people that do have the stars and bars that there has got to be a reason they still use it.

How many times are people going to have to explain the difference between a flag and an individual symbol? The proper analog to the stars and bars is the nazi flag, not the swastika.

"Despite all the bitching, if Diablo 3 sucks, I will eat my own cock. Counter-claim: If Diablo 3 does not suck, I will have a list of whiners who need to eat cocks." - Zen Vulgarity

I am not saying it is an excuse I am saying they don't view it as racist or inflammatory. Just because their view differs from yours is a free pass to call them ignorant.

While I do agree it is racist i am sort of playing devils advocate here.

It's so annoying when people do that because nobody can ever do it well. Here's how it works: they're ignorant to what the flag means. Period. It's a fact. It has nothing to do with opinions or beliefs. That flag stands for slavery and treason. If they fly it without realizing that it doesn't mean they're suddenly allowed to get away with it.

What if they view its meaning differently. The swastika used to mean something else. Does its use in a bad act forever end its use as something else?

Maybe it does. I don't have a swastika or the stars and bars on my car. And generally think anyone that does is a douche. But I have met so many people that do have the stars and bars that there has got to be a reason they still use it.

The Confederate flag never meant anything else. This fact has been repeated over and over and over and over and over again throughout this thread.

The reason they still use it is because they're ignorant to what it represents.